License Portal Information

Subtopics:

• How to change the FNE server hostname in the license portal?
• How to do FNE renewal in March?
• Is the rehosting of FNE licenses from one FNE license server to another FNE license server free of charge?
  

How to change the FNE server hostname in the license portal?

When you register, the registration process will also transfer the hostname of the FNE (primary) license server to the Advantest Licensing Back-office (FNO). If you change the hostname on the FNE server after the registration, for example from localhost.localdomain to a real hostname, then the license portal will still show the localhost.localdomain entry. In order to get the hostname updated, please

• Run command
  hostname -f
  on the FNE (primary) license server. This will provide you the fully qualified hostname defined for this FNE server.
  
  
• Open a LIST ticket in WeTrack and provide the following data:
  Request to change the FNE server hostname
  Current FNE server hostname: 
  FNE server host ID: 
  New FNE server hostname (result from hostname -f):

Do FNE need renewal in March?

With FNP you have to renew the perpetual licenses each year with the renewal portal. 

• For online FNE license server: no action is needed. FNE licenses are permanent with expiration 31/Mar/2999. Changes with license server with the automatic synchronization each 12 hours.
  
  
• For offline FNE license server: FNE licenses are permanent with expiration 31/Mar/2999. Download the bin file from the license portal > tab "License Management" > via link "Download" and upload it via the FNE server viewer. 

Is the rehosting of FNE licenses from one FNE license server to another FNE license server free of charge?

Customers have a service level agreement with Advantest can do the rehosting of FNE licenses from one FNE license server to another FNE license server in the license portal. This is not charged and you do not have to fill out the rehosting form.

This self-service is one of the great benefits  of FNE.

If you need to migrate FNP licenses to an FNE license server, you should contact with your Advantest representatives for the migration request, with starting a discussion about timeframe, licenses to be migrated (you need to fill out a migration form), prerequisites and other open questions.

We do not provide a rehosting of migrated FNE licenses back to an FNP license server.